Season 2, 1. The "Modern" War on Drugs

History Talk, the history podcast from Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective

Welcome to Season Two of Prologued, where we're doing a deep dive into the history of the Global War on Drugs over the past century. On the season premiere, we explore the idea of the "modern" War on Drugs waged by Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan in the 1970s and 1980s. As we will see, the development of the US drug war was deeply informed by experiences abroad...and to understand why the War on Drugs drags on, we have to trace those experiences back in time and across the globe. Host: Brionna Mendoza (@brionna_mendoza) Guests: Michelle Paranzino (@aucontrarian) Sarah Brady Siff (@SarahBradySiff) Aileen Teague (@AileenTTeague) Matthew R. Pembleton (@mattpembleton) Isaac Campos (@isaac_campos) Alexander Aviña (@Alexander_Avina) Want to learn more about how history shapes our world today? Connect with us! Twitter: @ProloguedPod and @OriginsOSU Instagram: @OriginsOSU Facebook: @OriginsOSU Website: origins.osu.edu Email: [e-mail] Show Description Prologued is a serial podcast from Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective that performs in depth discussions of historical roots that have been lost, ignored, or misconstrued, resulting in modern society being confused by the current course of events. With the help of esteemed scholars, each season will re-construct the history of a major issue society is facing, in an effort to not only explain how we got here, but to reveal a path forward.